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San Diego Celebrity Wordsmiths To Host Education Fundraiser

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Neiko Will / Producer

Published September 15, 2015 at 7:25 AM PDT

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San Diego Celebrity Wordsmiths To Host Education Fundraiser

GUESTS: Martha Barnette, co-host, "A Way With Words" Grant Barrett, co-host, "A Way With Words"

Celebrating the importance of literacy and language, a San Diego fundraiser will honor alumni of the San Diego Community College District and help raise money for “Friends Of A Way With Words,” a nonprofit that produces the public radio program, "A Way with Words."

Former San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and county Tax-Collector Dan McAllister are among the honorees at the Thursday event called “In A Word.”

Show hosts Martha Barnett and Grant Barrett will lead the festivities. They talk about the fundraiser and their popular radio show Wednesday on Midday Edition.

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The fundraiser starts Thursday at 6 p.m., at the DoubleTree Hotel in Mission Valley at 7450 Hazard Center Drive in San Diego.

For more information and tickets, go to the San Diego Community College District website.

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Maureen Cavanaugh

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Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.

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Neiko Will

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Neiko Will is a producer for KPBS Evening Edition and KPBS Roundtable.

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